As if living under brutally oppressive theocratic regime wasn't bad enough, now Iranians won't be able to buy Lamborghinis. Bowing to pressure from an organization called “United against a Nuclear Iran,” Lamborghini will stop selling cars in the Islamic Republic.

Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon has led to some tough sanctions, but many analysts expect that the weapons program will now be abandoned in order to restore the flow of Aventadors into Tehran.

BMW is pressing ahead with a plan to build a car to correspond to every digit. Early this week at the Detroit auto show, they showed off a new 4-Series, which is of course, a coupe version of the three series. Rumor has it that the Bavarians are working on a 9-Series, which will be a 6-wheeled garbage truck. An unnamed BMW executive was quoted as saying, “We would not develop anything less than the most sporting, dynamic multi-ton refuse hauler.”

And finally, if you guessed that Sergio Marchionne was the auto-exec that dropped an ethnic slur during the Detroit auto show, you'd be correct. In explaining why the Alfa 4C would be delayed, Marchionne said, “With all due respect to my American friends, it needs to be a Wop engine," That was followed by a few moments of silent discomfort by the assembled press corps.

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